Hook Field Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Hook Field Municipal Airport

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caption = Aerial view of airport from the east
IATA = MWO
ICAO = KMWO
FAA = MWO
type = Public
owner = City of Middletown
operator =
city-served = Middletown, Ohio
location =
elevation-f = 650
elevation-m = 198
coordinates = coord|39|31|54|N|084|23|47|W|region:US_type:airport
website =
r1-number = 5/23
r1-length-f = 6,100
r1-length-m = 1,859
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 8/26
r2-length-f = 3,040
r2-length-m = 927
r2-surface = Turf
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 40,050
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 90
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=MWO|use=PU|own=PU|site=18199.*A, effective 2008-04-10]

Hook Field Municipal Airport airport codes|MWO|KMWO|MWO is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Middletown, a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It has the longest runway of any non-towered airport in southwest Ohio.Fact|date=September 2008

In late August 2008 the airport gained some national prominence when the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin flew into Hook to later attend a Dayton campaign rally where she was announced as Senator John McCain's running mate. [cite web
url=http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/03/mj090408jetlanding.html
title=Airport operator told to be 'evasive;' Now says Palin was on the early flight
work=The Oxford Press
date=2008-09-03]

Facilities and aircraft

Hook Field Municipal Airport covers an area of 550 acres (223 ha) at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 5/23 is 6,100 by 100 feet (1,859 x 30 m) with an asphalt pavement; 8/26 is 3,040 by 297 feet (927 x 91 m) with a turf surface.

For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2007, the airport had 40,050 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 91% general aviation, 9% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 90 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine, 2% multi-engine and 2% jet.

References

External links

* [http://www.bbaero.com/ B&B Aero Services] , the airport's fixed base operator (FBO)
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